Category Archives: Complex Hacks

A Nixie Tube is an old piece of technology, Dalibor Farný has resurrected the old technology by working through the techniques to build new tubes by hand. The video shows the tedious process of the low volume creation of them. Lots of complex mechanical steps are needed from spot welding to glass blowing is needed. “The nixie tube […] Continue reading →

We have seen some food robots before. Looks like we might be on the verge where the robots are going to be used for what they are good for such as show in the video where the robot spreads pizza sauce perfectly or can finally pick apples as good as a human. Just as […] Continue reading →

Scotty from Strange Parts known for building his own iPhone has been busy with another iPhone project. As most people know the Apple iPhone got rid of the headphone jack and even though many people hate that decision it looks like Apple will not be bringing it back. After 4 months of designing and Scotty was […] Continue reading →

We have seen safe cracking robots before but they never get old. The guys at Spark Fun made a great one. It would be funny to see a CCTV video of a vault heist that uses some technology like this. The safe cracker could setup his rig and read a magazine while the […] Continue reading →

Rachel Dipirro and Jonathan Lo made an interesting Talking Multimeter Project for their Cornell University ECE 4760 Final Project. The multimeter is built around a PIC32MX250F128B. This is not a robust product that will be replacing your desktop multimeter since the range is not that great. For example it can just read resistance […] Continue reading →

Tiny Circuits have made a playable Tiny Arcade Cabinet kit. The environment is a tiny custom Arduino system. It is stackable and of course very small. “The Tiny Arcade lets you relive the golden age of video games with an arcade cabinet that fits in the palm of your hand. Originally launched on Kickstarter! […] Continue reading →

There are lots of POV displays out there, lots have multi color LEDs that can display some impressive images. Gelstronic has built this 3D POV Display that has lots of tech going on. The addressable LEDs are setup in strips of varying heights. When spun this allows the display to create 3D images […] Continue reading →

When you think of a robot in your house you probably think of a Roomba. I want to see a milti function robot that is capable of doing more. Automation is great when it can do complex tasks unaided that help us out. Just imagine coming home to the dishes done, the floor cleaned […] Continue reading →

This Edge Lit 481 Digital Voltmeter Display totally makes me want to build a clock with this mechanism. Can you imagine talking a measurement with this meter that oscillates, it would make a ton of noise. I can see this being great help if you were siting on a stable reading and waiting for something […] Continue reading →

jehugarcia shows us what is Inside the TESLA Model S Battery. There are lots of bolts holding the battery pack together. Why are they ripping apart this huge battery? To make smaller battery packs to power other electric cars. As you can see from the video this pack is built like a tank. It […] Continue reading →